Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Western Trailer Company

5DN1646229B000125 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
11 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenMay 23, 2024
CA
Last seenApr 24, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 11 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN1646229B000125
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2009
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 17, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
16462

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
000125

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 24 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 24 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2009

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 23, 2024 – Apr 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 24, 2025CAI · Full0MICHAEL R NORWOOD 705255HU39624/OR
Dec 7, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSMICHAEL R NORWOOD 705255HU39624/OR
Aug 7, 2024CAII · Walk-around0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU39624/OR
May 23, 2024CAI · Full6OOSARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU39624/OR
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MICHAEL R NORWOOD705255Dec 7, 2024Apr 24, 20252CA
ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC61163May 23, 2024Aug 7, 20242OR
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
HU39624ORMICHAEL R NORWOODDec 7, 2024Apr 24, 20252
HU39624ORARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INCMay 23, 2024Aug 7, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026